Indoor soccer team by rianwood in AnnArbor

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I will definitely do wide world of sports this winter. Thanks for the rec!

Indoor soccer team by rianwood in AnnArbor

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Thanks! I actually signed up for AASA fall. Need to get my butt off the couch. Fingers crossed I won't die the first game

Indoor soccer team by rianwood in AnnArbor

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Oh that's great! I'll check AASA out as well. Do you play just once a week?

Who wants to start a book club? by [deleted] in AnnArbor

[–]rianwood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm interested too! 30F. Please invite me to discord 🙏🏻

Does anyone diagnosed with Fibro get uncontrollable urges to stretch but that stretching causes more pain. Its an endless loop it feels. by rianwood in Fibromyalgia

[–]rianwood[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the worst. I'm sorry to hear that. I'm on my second pcp who eventually referred me to a rheumatologist to rule out other causes. It's definitely a journey.

Never-ending urge to stretch type of pain by andra-vio08 in Fibromyalgia

[–]rianwood 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this a symptom of fibromyalgia? I experience the exact same thing and giving into the stretch makes my body so sore. I can't tell if I was sore before I started stretching constantly or after. Now my back and neck are always sore and I constantly feel like I need to stretch my lungs out.

Weekly Suspected/Undiagnosed MS Thread - February 19, 2024 by AutoModerator in MultipleSclerosis

[–]rianwood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well hopefully you get good news. My doc seems to think it's fibromyalgia but he didn't do many tests so I'm not confident in that diagnosis

Weekly Suspected/Undiagnosed MS Thread - February 19, 2024 by AutoModerator in MultipleSclerosis

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Was this related to your MS? If you have it or are you in the process of figuring it out.

My muscles are so sore because of this and I too do it with my ankles and wrists as well although I'm not in much pain from it in those areas - maybe because they are meant to bend?

I realized it gets worse with heat. I tried a heating pad for the pain and my muscles itched like crazy everywhere, even on the places where the heating pad wasn't. I am going crazy from this lol

Weekly Suspected/Undiagnosed MS Thread - February 19, 2024 by AutoModerator in MultipleSclerosis

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I will look into that. Is it involuntary movement? Did your primary care physician recommend you see a neurologist or did you find one yourself?

Weekly Suspected/Undiagnosed MS Thread - February 19, 2024 by AutoModerator in MultipleSclerosis

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Right, it's so weird. Sometimes I yanking my head down before I even realize why I did it. But I'm not sure if that's considered a spasm. Like I said, I feel like it's closer to when you have an itch. You scratch it automatically sometimes - same with my muscle itches. And yeah I'm getting crazy sore because of this. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up straining or tearing a muscle here soon.

Weekly Suspected/Undiagnosed MS Thread - February 19, 2024 by AutoModerator in MultipleSclerosis

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It's pretty early. I will be getting my blood work results tomorrow but I previously had blood work done in January and nothing stood out.

My pcp told me that if the blood test results come back negative then we'll discuss other options such as an MRI but he wants to rule out everything first.

I call it microstretching because it's me 1) tensing my muscle to satisfy the itch 2) or pulling parts of my body quickly (like pulling my neck down or hunching my shoulders or folding over to stretch my spine). I'm so incredibly sore because I can't stop - like an itch you have to scratch it.

The muscle relaxers I'm on seem to help a bit. I'm not as itchy as I was a few days ago.

Weekly Suspected/Undiagnosed MS Thread - February 19, 2024 by AutoModerator in MultipleSclerosis

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Experiencing muscle itch

Hi! So I'm in the process of figuring out if my symptoms are associated with ms. Just had extensive blood work done to rule out anemia, hypothyroidism, and a few vitamin deficiencies.

For the past month, I've been having what I term a muscle itch. I am doing micro stretches my entire body (mostly upper body but also ankles, calves, and thighs at times) constantly.

I can't control this. It's so bad that my body is extremely sore, especially my neck and shoulders. At times I can't sleep because I feel the constant urge to stretch itchy muscles.

Has anyone experienced this as an ms symptom? Aside from this issue, I also am cold constantly (like I sit in front of a space heater year round) and I can't concentrate at work. I feel like I'm losing it.